Mu Huagui

Chapter 85 Open the coffin

Chen Junyi was taken aback for a moment, and realized for the first time that many things were really different after his father was gone.Just like in the past, the eldest brother never said a harsh word to himself, let alone accuse himself of anything so straightforward.

Thinking of his father, Chen Junyi finally let go of his fist, "What needs to be done, send someone to notify me." He turned and went back to his yard. He is almost 40 years old, at least he knows how to assess the situation.

In his small courtyard, Chen Junyi's wife and children were all waiting for his return. Once the old man died, the elder brother was in charge of the house. The family's previous priorities were gone, and they were waiting for him to come back and cry.

"Father really disappeared suddenly." Chen Junyi half closed his eyes, lying on the bed talking to his wife.

"Not only these, but also..." All the woman knows is who came to the house, whether the master is happy or not, and outside things, except for the rumor of prostitution, other things are not known at all.

Chen Junyi opened his eyes, so many things happened, why didn't his father even write him a letter.And big brother, don't tell him anything.What else is there, he doesn't know.What happened to force the father to kill himself and give up the position of patriarch.

Chen Yuanlu was buried in a grand manner, and the newly appointed patriarch proposed to adopt one of his grandsons under the name of Chen Junyu, so as to continue the incense of his lineage.

Chen Junyi's eyelids twitched, and before he could object, the patriarch said, "Jun Yu's nephew's house and property have been confiscated into the public house, and some of them have been robbed by water robbers. I don't want to mention these. As long as the public house takes out the money, it will be taken away." Just buy his house. If you have an heir to inherit the incense, you can also have someone to worship in the future."

Chen Junyi looked at his eldest brother and everyone in the clan nodded one by one, and immediately someone jumped out to sing praises for the clan leader, and there was a happy scene in the hall.

Finally, he realized that it was useless for him to interrupt at this time, and waited until he was on the way back with Chen Junting.Ce immediately stepped forward, and said to Chen Junting who was sitting in the sedan chair, "The weather is fine, brother, do you want to come down for a walk?"

He asked if he wanted it, but the man had already got off his horse and stopped him in front of the sedan chair.Chen Junting came out and said, "That's right, we brothers haven't taken a walk together like this for a long time."

"Brother still remembers that we are brothers."

"We are brothers connected by blood, why did the fifth brother say that?"

"I want to know that it was my father's decision not to give Chen Jun an heir. Why is this happening now?" Chen Junyi was very angry. His father's body was still alive, and they had already started to step on him to buy people's hearts.

Chen Junting looked at his own younger brother, his eyes became sharper and sharper.Staring at Chen Junyi all the time, he felt flustered, and after the panic, he was annoyed, "Do you have nothing to say..."

"It's a pity that you have been an official in the court for many years, do you know a word?" Chen Junting interrupted him unceremoniously.

"What are you talking about?" I was used to seeing the elder brother who always smiled and submissive to his father, this was the first time I saw that the elder brother had such an imposing side.

"One emperor and one courtier, what's more, it's just a small Chen family."

One sentence blocked Chen Junyi, and he simply asked, "Why did my father commit suicide? Tell me, is it your accomplice..."

"In the entire Chen family, you are the least qualified to ask this question." It's okay not to mention it, but when it was mentioned, Chen Junting said angrily.The veins on his face were throbbing, and he looked like he was about to eat people.

"You, don't think that I will be afraid of you by putting on this look. You have to tell my father why..."

"Ask yourself what you have done. If it wasn't for defending you, father would have ended up like this today." Chen Junting really didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he left in a huff. The walk between the two brothers turned into an unhappy breakup.

It is obviously impossible for Chen Junyi to change the personality he has developed since he was a child because of what his elder brother said.Turning his eyes, he rode his horse towards the county government.

"Master Chen said that your father died of murder, but what evidence is there?" Chang Zai glanced at Chen Junyi who was sitting across from him with little interest.

"I have evidence and I need to come to you. It should be your county government's business to check the evidence. Hmph, I was also in the Ministry of Officials in the same year. You have to think about the annual evaluation." Chen Junyi simply brought out a tried and tested one. It's a trick, which foreign official doesn't care about the annual evaluation, whether he can be promoted or transferred to a better place, this is the key.

Chang Zaixian grinned, funny, so funny. "Since this is the case, the case will be accepted by the officer."

"That's right. Those who know affairs are outstanding. It seems that Mr. Chang understands it very well, ha ha." After leaving the gate of the county government, Chen Junyi was in a good mood.Hmph, if you don't tell me, I have my own way to deal with you.

The next day, before dawn, Chen Junyi hugged his wife and was sleeping soundly under the quilt. There was a loud bang, and an angry voice yelled, "Bastard, get out of here."

"What's the matter, what's the matter." The flustered Chen Junyi grabbed his clothes and put them on indiscriminately, and kept saying, "Come here, everyone died there."

"Brother, why is it you? Why did you go crazy so early in the morning?" Chen Junyi immediately became more courageous when he saw that the person who came was his elder brother.

"You still ask me why I am crazy, are you crazy, and even asked someone to open my father's coffin, do you want him to die in peace, or do you want the whole family to see what you, an unfilial son, do." Before dawn, the Chen family's steward even scrambled to find Chen Junting, saying that the government had brought a full set of troops to dig up coffins in the Chen family's ancestral grave.

The old servant guarding the tomb went up to stop him, but the county magistrate Chang came to the scene in person, saying that Chen Junyi had authorized him to open the coffin for an autopsy.Seeing that he couldn't stop him, the old servant ran to the steward's house and knocked on the door.When the steward heard this, without further ado, he sent someone to stop him at the cemetery. He was not fully dressed, so he went to report to Chen Junting.

"What, open the coffin, what are you kidding, whoever dares to open the coffin, I'll kill him." Chen Junyi was murderous, his temper was true, but his feelings for his father who doted on him since childhood were also true.Immediately, he was furious and was about to rush to the cemetery.

"The elders of the clan are all in the cemetery. You can tell for yourself whether you did it." Chen Junting said without waiting for him, and went to the cemetery by himself.

When Chen Junyi arrived, the elders of the clan, the patriarch and his elder brother were all standing by the side of Mr. Chang in the cemetery.

"Well, Chang Zaixian, you dare to dig our family's ancestral grave. I think you've become an official." Chen Junyi saw the people in the county government resisting the hoes and shovels, and their eyes were about to burst into flames. .

"This statement is different. You came to report yesterday, saying that your father died of murder, and you want me to make the decision for you."

As soon as Chang Zai finished speaking, everyone looked at Chen Junyi, and Chen Junyi said angrily, "I'm right, but when will I ask you to dig the grave?"

"I asked you if you have evidence, what did you say."

"I'll let you find it yourself..." The voice became smaller and smaller, and Chen Junyi realized that he had been cheated by this little county magistrate, and his lungs would explode with anger.

"Did you hear that Mr. Chen asked the lower officials to look for evidence, and even threatened the lower officials with this year's evaluation by the Ministry of Officials. The lower officials have no choice but to find evidence by themselves. Since Mr. Chen said that the old man Chen died of murder, the lower officials It is always necessary to find out the cause of death, isn’t it right to open the coffin for an autopsy?”

"The lower officials don't have clairvoyance, let alone guessing out of thin air. How can you verify the cause of death without opening the coffin? Tell me, what I said makes sense." The grievance and helplessness.

Who dares to say that he is reasonable, and if he is reasonable, he agrees to open the coffin for an autopsy;Chen Junyi was not afraid of him, so he patted his ass back to the capital to be his official, and these clansmen would still live under the hands of others.

After much deliberation, it was Chen Junyi who caused the trouble. I don't have Lao Tzu to help him with this troublemaker.Sure enough, he couldn't stop for a day, and he only wanted to cause big troubles. Thinking of this, the patriarch's gaze already had a tinge of chill.

In the end, of course, Chen Junyi withdrew the complaint. Chang Zaixian winked triumphantly at Chen Junyi and laughed amidst the voice of a group of people "walking slowly, don't send me off, Mr. Chang is working hard".

"Chang Zaixian, you wait with me, I call you..." Before he finished speaking, the patriarch stepped forward and "hummed" heavily, pointed at him and scolded, "You unfilial son, you will offend your parents and officials as soon as you come back. You almost opened your father's coffin, what are you going to do, if it's not because your father's body is not cold, I have to take care of my family today."

Seeing him rolling his eyes, the patriarch seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. As long as you are a descendant of the Chen family, you will be under the control of the Chen family. Even if you make trouble with the emperor, no one dares to say I'm wrong."

Chen Junyi scolded the patriarch in his heart, but in the end he didn't dare to speak up.The Great Zhou Dynasty established the country with filial piety. If you disobeyed your parents and were sued in the government office, you would be stripped of your skin if you didn’t die.

I am used to it in Linqing, because my father used to support it.If the current patriarch is serious with him, he really has no other choice but to accept family law punishment.

Shrinking his neck rationally, ignoring anyone, he pulled his horse and left.He said angrily in his heart, "Before I came out, I gave Shangguan a few hundred taels of silver. I agreed to help him win the love, and the decree should have come. After receiving the decree, he will return to the capital immediately. The first thing is to kill that Little Qipin county magistrate."

According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when the parents of officials passed away, they had to observe filial piety for three years, which was called Ding You.During this period, the official position was appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and Ding Youzhe reported to the Ministry of Officials three years later, and he was appointed again when he had a suitable official position.Therefore, in front of fat poor people, they are very reluctant to Ding You.In three years, who knows if he will be able to find a suitable position after returning home.

On the contrary, if a person's position is very important, he cannot do without this official for a while.The Shangguan will report it as appropriate, and the emperor will order it to replace three years with three months, which is called Duoqing.

Whether it is important or not, how the emperor can cover everything depends on what is said in the memorial.Chen Junyi was very sure about this.

(End of this chapter)